Harvard’s anti-homeschool summit cancelled
An anti-homeschool summit that was scheduled for next month at Harvard Law School has reportedly been cancelled. According to one of the invited speakers, the controversial event was scratched due to COVID-19 concerns. Calls and emails to Harvard to confirm
Planned Parenthood condemns Alaska ban on elective abortions
The Alaska Director of Planned Parenthood has condemned Gov. Mike Dunleavy’s April 7 order that all elective surgical abortions be immediately halted in order to preserve critical medical supplies for those on the frontlines of the COVID-19 pandemic. “We
Alaska bans surgical abortions during COVID-19 crisis
Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy joined other governors around the country in ordering a halt to surgical abortions unless done to preserve the life or physical health of a woman. A revised health mandate was announced on April 7 as part of a broader clarification
Planned Parenthood seeks recruiter to promote abortion to Alaska teens
Alaska’s most notorious abortion business is looking to hire a youth group leader to recruit Anchorage teens for ideologically driven programs that advocate for gender fluidity, expansion of abortion access, explicit sex education in schools and
More Alaska churches restrict events amid fear of COVID-19
Alaska’s faith communities are a state of flux as pastors struggle with whether to keep churches open for Sunday worship and mid-week ministries. A growing number of churches are canceling religious services and providing online or televised options. Others
Pro-life, pro-family Anchorage voter guide shows stark differences among candidates
There could not be greater contrasts among the candidates running for Anchorage Assembly and Anchorage School Board seats, especially with regards to pro-life, parental rights and religious liberty issues. Between March 17 and April 7, Anchorage residents
OPINION: Coronavirus & self-imposed religious persecution
Catholics are now experiencing an unprecedented event in their 2,000-year history: the suspension of Mass, imposed not by government health orders or by dictators but by their own timorous bishops and pope. Interdicts had been wielded over entire kingdoms in
State of Alaska considers paying for transgender hormones
As the result of federal litigation, the Alaska Dept. of Health & Social Services is considering a change to its regulations, which would allow the state to begin providing public funding for powerful hormonal therapy and other non-surgical procedures
Voters to decide fate of Alaska judges – including one at the Supreme Court
2020 promises to be year full of political drama, especially in the presidential election. The Alaska general election ballot includes not just the presidential race, but also a U.S. Senate and U.S. House race that may be hotly contested, and likely some
Anchorage event: ‘Speaking truth in an age of moral relativism’
The idea that there are no absolute moral truths to guide humanity is rampant in modern society. On Feb. 27, Jack Rigert from the John Paul II Renewal Center, will give a presentation in Anchorage entitled “Speaking Truth in an age of Moral Relativism.”
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